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It’s not about being a linguistic nerd. I’m a linguistic nerd, too. I could talk for hours about how interesting it is that Cent and Hundred are actually cognates, and how in languages descended from Proto-Indo-European, some languages that have a “k” sound instead have an “h” sound in their...

Actually, that your original post is correct. I confused Octavian with Julius.

Edit: Actually, I was wrong. Octavian was emperor.

Oh no! WotC made something in the Forgotten Realms cooler than it used to be! Quick, everyone needs to yell at them until they stop!

Maybe for the one person at the table that's interested in linguistics. Everyone else is going to find it annoying and unsatisfying that they can't talk to the shopkeeper two towns over.

As someone that is interested in linguistics, especially etymology and how different languages are related to each other, I think that realistically simulating how languages work would be mostly detrimental to the experience of playing a game. Imagine if every every few days the characters are...

Yeah, that Pit Fiend is way better than the one in the book.

There are werebats in Dungeon of the Mad Mage. Just of one variety, though.

This art is from The Wild Beyond the Witchlight.

It would have fit in perfectly with the goofiness of Spelljammer. It’s a shame they didn’t use that set as an opportunity to bring it back.

The Thought Eater.

Being a cunning, peerless tactician seems more of a Devil trait than a Demon one to me, but I understand and respect if you prefer the older one.

It absolutely is about the lack of breasts. The only reason people aren’t saying “that’s not a Marilith” about the 3e art but are about the 5e24 art is because the new art doesn’t have prominent breasts. No one has been able to explain in any way what makes the new art so different and against...

This argument is part of why I can’t take some people on this site seriously. The same people who dismiss concerns about inclusivity as being overreacting or unnecessary discussion spend several dozen pages complaining that they got rid of the Snake Demon’s boobs. Here’s a question, why are...

Artificer Review It's pretty similar to the previous version, so I'm not going to review every features. Just the ones that have changed. Tinker's Magic - All artificers get mending for free now. Good. They always should have had this, as it is the most "artificery" of all the cantrips. Also...

I do not understand what this sentence is saying.

I would prefer if Changelings weren’t fey, but if they are, they need some feature that prevents others from detecting their creature type with spells and other magical effects. I’d be surprised if Kalashtar became aberrations. I also mostly like Warforged being Humanoids, as unlike other...

Haven’t you been using “it’s just an elfgame” quite a bit recently? I feel the phrase applies very well to how you’re reacting to this. “WotC is making a joke of themselves” because of a small change in art for a handful of monsters that you happen to dislike for ideological reasons? Give me a...

I’ll get to reviewing the new mechanics and options later, but I will make a quick point on the Dragonmark discussion. In my opinion, the fact that Dragonmarked Houses are restricted to specific species is the least important part of their lore and I’ve never been wholly satisfied with the...